, 1887-04-28
here there but three and a half days.
GEOLOGICAL CONDITION.

The Big Bend country, AFTER
leaving Davenport, appears to be un'
derlaid with trap rock. This form.
alton with an occasional stray point
Of granite Is encountered across the
Grand COu!ee and until within q
short distance Of the COlumbia river.
From there on the primitive gran
Ito takes possession until the Okan-
ogan river Is crossed. At this latter
point small belt of limestone q cOu
pie Of miles In width is traversed,
with white points or butteS of de-
composed feldspathic granite appear
ing. Az the SALMON river isapprOach-
ed the range OF micaceous quartzlte
some twO miles Wide, In which are
the mines, looms up abGve the riv-
er, In some places three thousand
feet. There was no means of dis
covering the altitude of Salmon City
but IL Is roughly estimated at two
thousand feet above sea level. Be-
yond and five miles to the west of
the quartzite are the snow caps Ol
tho Salmon river range, grand
mountain chain Of granite running
nOrtherly and southerly. So far the
prospecting has been confined to the
range OF Quartzite. Wherever Is the
greatest decomposition in this form
alton, there Is found the nest fed
and richest veins. The problem as
to whether these veins live
below the line of surface decom-
position has been solved in the First
Thought mine over in Ruby district,
where a shaft has been sunk sixty
two feet deep and u cross-cut made
twenty feet below water line, show
ing an improvement in quality over
the surface groupings. In the Ruby
district the quartzite Is OF q close
grained character, while at the Sal
mon river district 1t Is cOarser and
evidently more decOmpOsed. Wher-
ever veins are found their Outcrop
Is strong enough to admit of several
claims being made on each one, and
In the case of the First Thought
Ledge eleven full claims and the
Cleopatra fraction ofseven hundred
and fifty feet have been taken up,
covering u distance of over seven.
teen thousand feet In length, with a
surface outcrIp proving the conlinu-
ity Of the ledge. On both sides OF
all the veins examined we'll de.
fined cleavage or gOuge exists; In
some cases several feet of n tale
casing appearing. The "hOrses"
or gauge in the veins appears to be a
mixture of blue tale and quartz and
the dumps made from below water
line have the color and character Of
the old ComstOck. The mineral is a
sulphuret.
THE MINES.
Taking the junction of the two
forks Of the Salmon river as the ini-
tial point, 1t is discovered that up
the south fork, (Which here flows
westerly,) one mile Is the town of
Salmon City; southerly q mile
down the main river and on its west
bank under Ruby mountain is the
town OF Phoenix; southeast one mile
Is Salmon Lake; northeast three
miles are the La Euna, Monitor,
Mammoth and Granite mines; east
two miles are the Tough Nat, HID
den Treasure, Diamond, Pointer,
Homestate, Wellington, Salmon
River Chief, and others; southwest
one mile Is the Mother Lode OF the
district, on which are located nearly
eighteen hundred feet Of claims,
among which are the First Thought,
Fairview, and Fourth of July. This
great lode runs nOrtherly and south.
erly and Is discovered for over three
miles. To enter into details a short
description Of these claims is given
In the above order.
THE LADY OF THE LAKE.
This claim is situated on the ba nix
OF Salmon Lake. It shows a fine
dump of ore, but the tunnel is locked
against visitors and no investi CATION
OF the lower workings could be
made. Chicago men have bonded
the property until next June and
have done considerable work upon it.
in fact have expended q couple OF
thousand dollars in development.
The owners are George Runnels alias
Tenas George, Major Simms and
Daniel Boone.
THE LA EUNA.
This claim Is north from Salmon
City about two miles in an air line
on a very high mountain. The
course OF the vein is easterly and
westerly. The formation is a mica
ceous quartzite: Groupings of the
ledge are traceable for nearly the en-
tire length OF the claim. The main
development consists of fifty foot
deep shaft, sunk about 800 feet from
the west end Of tho claim. The
pitch is to the south at an angle of
sixty.five degrees from the horizon-
tai. The vein Is continuous from the
surface down this shaft to the sump,
The average width of the vein is
about eighteen inches, rarely less
than q foot and as wide as twenty.
six inches In places. Owing TO the
presence OF water In the bottom. but
forty feet from the surface could be
examined: At this depth much of
the richest ore was obtained. There
is we'll defined cleavage on each
side OF the ledge. The character of
the ore is a gray copper, carrvine a 2
very high rate Of silver; some of the
assays running to $500 per ton. on
the dump are ten tons Of very fine
assorted rock which the owners esti.
mate Will average over $1,000 per ton.
The locators are some old Occur d.
Aiene6miners, Robert Stokesberry,